GAAP net income was
Excluding the impact of stock-based compensation and amortization of
purchased intangible assets, non-GAAP net income was
A reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income is included on the attached Consolidated Statements of Operations.
“In addition to the seasonal softness we normally experience in the
first quarter of a new fiscal year, product sales during the quarter
reflected a marked decrease in the number of deals greater than
“From a product perspective we were also encouraged by the continuing strong growth of software revenue, which increased 44 percent year over year. The growing percentage of software as a component of our product offerings highlights increasing customer demand for hybrid solutions that allow greater flexibility in the deployment of application services within and across data centers and out into the cloud.
“During the quarter, we launched two new subscription-based offerings: Versafe, which provides real-time protection against malware, phishing, and other cyberthreats; and Defense.Net, a cloud-based service that provides highly scalable protection against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and complements our existing on-premise DDoS protection capabilities. Later this year, we plan to launch a cloud-based version of Application Security Manager (ASM), our popular web application firewall, which will also be available on a subscription basis. Defense.Net, ASM, and Secure Web Gateway, a malware protection service, will be available as part of Silverline, a cloud-based services delivery platform that leverages the scalability and performance of F5 hardware. Response to these new offerings by customers and partners has been very positive and we expect to see sales of these offerings ramp steadily throughout the year,” McAdam said.
For the current quarter, ending
A reconciliation of the company’s expected GAAP and non-GAAP earnings is provided in the following table:
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Reconciliation of Expected Non-GAAP Second Quarter Earnings | Low | High | |||||||
Net income | $ | 78.6 | $ | 80.8 | |||||
Stock-based compensation expense | $ | 37.5 | $ | 37.5 | |||||
Amortization of purchased intangible assets | $ | 3.2 | $ | 3.2 | |||||
Tax effects related to above items | $ | (10.6 | ) | $ | (10.6 | ) | |||
Non-GAAP net income excluding stock-based compensation expense and amortization of purchased intangible assets | $ | 108.7 | $ | 110.9 | |||||
Net income per share - diluted | $ | 1.07 | $ | 1.10 | |||||
Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted | $ | 1.48 | $ | 1.51 |
Share Repurchase Program
The company also announced today that its board of directors had
authorized an additional
Acquisitions for the share repurchase program will be made from time to time in private transactions or open market purchases as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements. The timing and amounts of any purchases will be based on market conditions and other factors including but not limited to price, regulatory requirements and capital availability. The program does not require the purchase of any minimum number of shares and the program may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time.
About
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides solutions for an application world. F5 helps organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center, and software defined networking (SDN) deployments to successfully deliver applications to anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5 solutions broaden the reach of IT through an open, extensible framework and a rich partner ecosystem of leading technology and data center orchestration vendors. This approach lets customers pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their needs over time. The world’s largest businesses, service providers, government entities, and consumer brands rely on F5 to stay ahead of cloud, security, and mobility trends. For more information, go to f5.com.
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Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among
other things, statements regarding the continuing strength and momentum
of F5's business, future financial performance, sequential growth,
projected revenues including target revenue and earnings ranges, income,
earnings per share, share amount and share price assumptions, demand for
application delivery networking, application delivery services,
security, virtualization and diameter products, expectations regarding
future services and products, expectations regarding future customers,
markets and the benefits of products, and other statements that are not
historical facts and which are forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions
created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual
results could differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors. Such
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as
assumptions and other factors that, if they do not fully materialize or
prove correct, could cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the company, or industry results, to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but
are not limited to: customer acceptance of our new traffic management,
security, application delivery, optimization, diameter and
virtualization offerings; the timely development, introduction and
acceptance of additional new products and features by F5 or its
competitors; competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing
pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into F5’s
markets, and new product and marketing initiatives by our competitors;
increased sales discounts; uncertain global economic conditions which
may result in reduced customer demand for our products and services and
changes in customer payment patterns; global economic conditions and
uncertainties in the geopolitical environment; overall information
technology spending; litigation involving patents, intellectual
property, shareholder and other matters, and governmental
investigations; natural catastrophic events; a pandemic or epidemic;
F5's ability to sustain, develop and effectively utilize distribution
relationships; F5's ability to attract, train and retain qualified
product development, marketing, sales, professional services and
customer support personnel; F5's ability to expand in international
markets; the unpredictability of F5's sales cycle; F5’s share repurchase
program; future prices of F5's common stock; and other risks and
uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or
furnished to the
GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliation
F5’s management evaluates and makes operating decisions using various
operating measures. These measures are generally based on the revenues
of its products, services operations and certain costs of those
operations, such as cost of revenues, research and development, sales
and marketing and general and administrative expenses. One such measure
is net income excluding stock-based compensation, amortization of
purchased intangible assets and acquisition-related charges, net of
taxes, which is a non-GAAP financial measure under Section 101 of
Regulation G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This
measure consists of GAAP net income excluding, as applicable,
stock-based compensation, amortization of purchased intangible assets
and acquisition-related charges. This measure of non-GAAP net income is
adjusted by the amount of additional taxes or tax benefit that the
company would accrue if it used non-GAAP results instead of GAAP results
to calculate the company’s tax liability. Stock-based compensation is a
non-cash expense that F5 has accounted for since
Management believes that non-GAAP net income per share provides useful supplemental information to management and investors regarding the performance of the company’s core business operations and facilitates comparisons to the company’s historical operating results. Although F5’s management finds this non-GAAP measure to be useful in evaluating the performance of the core business, management’s reliance on this measure is limited because items excluded from such measures could have a material effect on F5’s earnings and earnings per share calculated in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, F5’s management will use its non-GAAP earnings and earnings per share measures, in conjunction with GAAP earnings and earnings per share measures, to address these limitations when evaluating the performance of the company’s core business. Investors should consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, financial performance measures in accordance with GAAP.
F5 believes that presenting its non-GAAP measure of earnings and earnings per share provides investors with an additional tool for evaluating the performance of the company’s core business and which management uses in its own evaluation of the company’s performance. Investors are encouraged to look at GAAP results as the best measure of financial performance. However, while the GAAP results are more complete, the company provides investors this supplemental measure since, with reconciliation to GAAP, it may provide additional insight into the company’s operational performance and financial results.
For reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, please see the section in our Consolidated Statements of Operations entitled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
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Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||||
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Assets | ||||||||
Current assets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 268,954 | $ | 281,502 | ||||
Short-term investments | 385,150 | 363,877 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of |
255,864 | 242,242 | ||||||
Inventories | 27,582 | 24,471 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets | 44,963 | 42,290 | ||||||
Other current assets | 44,344 | 44,466 | ||||||
Total current assets |
1,026,857 | 998,848 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 66,636 | 66,791 | ||||||
Long-term investments | 512,538 | 482,917 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets | 1,217 | 4,434 | ||||||
Goodwill | 556,957 | 556,957 | ||||||
Other assets, net | 72,219 | 75,003 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,236,424 | $ | 2,184,950 | ||||
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 41,223 | $ | 43,772 | ||||
Accrued liabilities | 132,685 | 108,772 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 521,716 | 484,437 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 695,624 | 636,981 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 23,316 | 22,718 | ||||||
Deferred revenue, long-term | 158,554 | 152,312 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities | 3,153 | 3,629 | ||||||
Total long-term liabilities | 185,023 | 178,659 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
Shareholders’ equity | ||||||||
Preferred stock, no par value; 10,000 shares authorized, no shares outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Common stock, no par value; 200,000 shares authorized, 72,673 and 73,390 shares issued and outstanding |
5,105 | 15,753 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (12,040 | ) | (9,584 | ) | ||||
Retained earnings | 1,362,712 | 1,363,141 | ||||||
Total shareholders' equity | 1,355,777 | 1,369,310 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 2,236,424 | $ | 2,184,950 | ||||
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2014 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
Net revenues | ||||||||||||
Products | $ | 240,937 | $ | 255,461 | $ | 218,601 | ||||||
Services | 221,856 | 209,805 | 187,851 | |||||||||
Total | 462,793 | 465,266 | 406,452 | |||||||||
Cost of net revenues (1)(2) | ||||||||||||
Products | 42,070 | 43,351 | 37,244 | |||||||||
Services | 37,278 | 38,601 | 35,639 | |||||||||
Total | 79,348 | 81,952 | 72,883 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 383,445 | 383,314 | 333,569 | |||||||||
Operating expenses (1)(2) | ||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 148,816 | 143,284 | 134,803 | |||||||||
Research and development | 70,060 | 65,401 | 64,133 | |||||||||
General and administrative | 32,254 | 27,148 | 25,500 | |||||||||
Total | 251,130 | 235,833 | 224,436 | |||||||||
Income from operations | 132,315 | 147,481 | 109,133 | |||||||||
Other income, net | 2,594 | 2,323 | 246 | |||||||||
Income before income taxes | 134,909 |
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149,804 | 109,379 | ||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 45,833 | 55,783 | 41,331 | |||||||||
Net Income | $ | 89,076 | $ | 94,021 | $ | 68,048 | ||||||
Net income per share - basic | $ | 1.21 | $ | 1.27 | $ | 0.88 | ||||||
Weighted average shares - basic | 73,350 | 73,817 | 77,438 | |||||||||
Net income per share - diluted | $ | 1.21 | $ | 1.26 | $ | 0.87 | ||||||
Weighted average shares - diluted | 73,857 | 74,366 | 77,822 | |||||||||
Non-GAAP Financial Measures | ||||||||||||
Net income as reported | $ | 89,076 | $ | 94,021 | $ | 68,048 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation expense (3) | 30,625 | 25,159 | 34,528 | |||||||||
Amortization of purchased intangible assets | 3,149 | 3,147 | 2,086 | |||||||||
Tax effects related to above items | (8,629 | ) | (5,585 | ) | (9,899 | ) | ||||||
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Net income excluding stock-based compensation and amortization of purchased intangible assets (non-GAAP) - diluted |
$ | 114,221 | $ | 116,742 | $ | 94,763 | ||||||
Net income per share excluding stock-based compensation and amortization of purchased intangible assets (non-GAAP) - diluted |
$ | 1.55 | $ | 1.57 | $ | 1.22 | ||||||
Weighted average shares - diluted | 73,857 | 74,366 | 77,822 | |||||||||
(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows: | ||||||||||||
Cost of net revenues | $ | 2,931 | $ | 2,591 | $ | 3,858 | ||||||
Sales and marketing | 12,627 | 9,521 | 14,002 | |||||||||
Research and development | 10,440 | 9,029 | 11,638 | |||||||||
General and administrative | 4,627 | 4,018 | 5,030 | |||||||||
$ | 30,625 | $ | 25,159 | $ | 34,528 | |||||||
(2) Includes amortization of purchased intangible assets as follows: | ||||||||||||
Cost of net revenues | $ | 2,651 | $ | 2,651 | $ | 1,727 | ||||||
Sales and marketing | 486 | 496 | 359 | |||||||||
General and administrative | 12 | - | - | |||||||||
$ | 3,149 | $ | 3,147 | $ | 2,086 | |||||||
(3) Stock-based compensation is accounted for in accordance with
the fair value recognition provisions of |
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2014 | 2013 | |||||||
Operating activities | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 89,076 | $ | 68,048 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Realized loss (gain) on disposition of assets and investments | 7 | (59 | ) | |||||
Stock-based compensation | 30,625 | 34,528 | ||||||
Provisions for doubtful accounts and sales returns | 345 | 1,168 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 13,042 | 11,437 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 231 | (8,702 | ) | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | (13,967 | ) | (17,746 | ) | ||||
Inventories | (3,111 | ) | (25 | ) | ||||
Other current assets | (120 | ) | 2,189 | |||||
Other assets | 460 | (1,876 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 26,286 | 33,611 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 43,521 | 36,353 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
186,395 | 158,926 | ||||||
Investing activities | ||||||||
Purchases of investments | (177,936 | ) | (147,534 | ) | ||||
Maturities of investments | 120,982 | 168,026 | ||||||
Sales of investments | 2,693 | 54,660 | ||||||
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash | 43 | (6 | ) | |||||
Acquisition of intangible assets | (1,005 | ) | - | |||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (10,319 | ) | (4,980 | ) | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | (65,542 | ) | 70,166 | |||||
Financing activities | ||||||||
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation | 2,638 | 182 | ||||||
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and purchases of stock under employee stock purchase plan |
16,573 | 13,188 | ||||||
Repurchase of common stock | (149,980 | ) | (200,000 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (130,769 | ) | (186,630 | ) | ||||
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (9,916 | ) | 42,462 | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (2,632 | ) | (827 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 281,502 | 189,693 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 268,954 | $ | 231,328 |
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